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Morning all! Now one thing I love about this forum is that we can have a decent debate about something but remain mates afterwards.. (Apart from Rant, who's a seething ball of fury! ) So, today on the news I hear about Colchester Dog Attack. What are peoples views on this sort of thing? Are there breeds that are more dangerous than others and if so do you think we have the Right breeds currently classified? Do you think bad dog behaviour is just in the upbringing and certain dog breeds are more often bought by certain people? Do you believe that having licences to get / own a dog would reduce incidents like this, or just increase "puppy farms"?

I might have to say this for future use X! Great comparison I can't say I was about for the Japanese bike boom, so when people try to compare the two I've never been able to give examples for the debate

Pfft, I was more thinking you could run a query on the field that controls that figure!

Oi Stu, can you confirm this? Out of non-mods/admin/owner, who has the highest per day count?

Hah! This did make me bark with laughter Well done Phil! Don't worry, people used to post about getting to certain post counts too, I remember putting up a thread when I got to 1000 posts..

Pretty much I know a lot of older boys in Engineering who get really irritated about it.. Some people I've met that have done degrees or in work training towards similar certificates are as useful as a chocolate fire-grate and there are some operators who have had no more training than GCSE or A-Level that could be brilliant given the chance..

Aww man that sucks Like you I am way to trusting and could see myself making a similar mistake I'm with others CAB can be good for things like this, just be aware they are super busy most of the time so be concise and clear with your information, have it all ready to go. As Stu has said HMRC must be interested in the way he's running a business.. Also name and shame, tell the bike group you found out about him from that he's crap and let us know so people in your area don't waste their time also.. Have a good snuggle and hot chocolate to cheer yourself up, some people are just w**kers!

Depends on your sector I guess.. My partner cannot get the higher jobs in Ecological consultancy without a Masters or maybe even PhD. I'm currently trying to shift from Automotive Engineering to Business Systems (ERP, SQL etc) and looking around, most places want you to have a degree or masters in the field before they'll even interview you. I've considered going back to graduate / apprentice wages just to make the shift.. Which is a shame because I know I could be good at if, it given the chance.. *Shrugs*

For some daft reason I thought you meant a Spanish by-election! Ohhhh I hadn't heard about that at all That's awful...

Not standing out of respect? What do you mean? I'm really interested in international politics but haven't heard about this at all..

I know how this one feels, I'm going through a similar experience at the moment too. I do think that Fro has a point, it is possible to re-train while keeping a job going; it's just going to be difficult. The amount of people I know who keep saying things like "Oh I wish I had gone into X career when I was younger" and "Well I'm just too old to do it now" Don't let yourself be one of those people who regrets not taking the chance to change. My partner waited to go to uni until he was sure of what he wanted to do in life, he's now gone back to Uni to do a masters and I've said I'm happy to keep the house finances going while he's studying. Next year I'm looking into masters to change my path too You can make it work, just need to accept that life is difficult sometimes, but that's only so you can appreciate the good parts

Look, we spent the time taking quality photos! It's only fair we're able to share them. Sam! Load the signing the register pic!

Rant, have you got that picture of the TOGS collective?

In agreement with all here, stupid that it even had to come to this but so glad it's all over and you can breath easy You're a gentle giant and we all know this, you did the right thing x

Happy to do the ones for next year! I'm still working on the reprint for this year, just work is stressing me to the eyeballs at the moment!

As others have said. This is Matilda level of bad car salesman!

Here's hoping he will We'll work out a way to get both tents there... Somehow..

I'm sure more will follow when Hoggs gets her butt in gear.. She's great with a camera!

Our dear, beloved RantMachine has found himself an eloquent lady to calm his angry heart! Our many congratulations to the happy couple From TGS, also a massive thank you for inviting us to your special day. We all had a wonderful time and were so touched to be thought of x P.s. Many "artistic" photos to follow!

Ohh Yay! Early planning I will sort out two tickets then when I next get money for Jay and I.. Had an awesome time this year I've already been working on karaoke songs Is it possible this year to have that private bar open for us? Not that it's difficult to walk down the hall to the main one, but we did tend to flood the pub and make the poor locals wait ages for a pint!

That's my closest services so I suppose there's a teeny tiny chance I'll see you there Might try and meet you at some point too

Dude.. ! I can totally make both boots touch the floor at the same time! Don't get many motorbike boots with 6" heels though. It's such a shame, I would ROCK them!

TC!! I demand a thread full of emergency services stories I reckon you and MrBS could have some amazing ones to pool together.. Start it with that gear stick one cos that made me double take

Dude.. ! I can totally make both boots touch the floor at the same time!

Mawsley sold it to me! I will personally hold you responsible if there are not a herd of fluffy cats